http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/the-forgotten-fighters/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/the-forgotten-fighters/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6930 Wed, May 3 1995 – Guardian In the early years of the war Britain made frequent requests for help from its colonies. One man to respond was Billy Strachan. Like most Jamaicans at the time he regarded Britain as his homeland, and enlisting it seemed a natural option. “I went to the British Army camp [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/the-forgotten-fighters/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/doug-roy-brown-stoke-on-trent/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/doug-roy-brown-stoke-on-trent/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:26 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6922 Doug & Roy Brown’s father, Eugene and his brother John came to England from the Ghana, West Africa, they were students. They decided to join the British Army when WW1 boke out.  John was killed and Eugene badly injured but after the war he got married and had two sons.  Eugene later died of his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/doug-roy-brown-stoke-on-trent/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/miracle-at-stanna-cy-grant/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/miracle-at-stanna-cy-grant/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:02:01 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6777 29th October. Two archive films (incl. SONGS OF PROTEST) in the morning for our tribute event to the late great, Cy Grant, introduced by Arthur Torrington of the Windrush Society. In the afternoon we have an introduced and rare screening (formerly ‘banned’ by the distributors) of Spike Lee’s WW2 film, Miracle at St. Anna. Audiences [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/miracle-at-stanna-cy-grant/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:38:35 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6761 http://www.badassoftheweek.com/dwightjohnson.html You don’t really think of Vietnam as being a tank warfare kind of affair. Sure, there were plenty of intense, groin-crushing battles fought during the vicious multi-year slugfest through the jungles of Southeast Asia, but most of these showdowns were the ambush / search-and-destroy sort of events, with infantrymen slogging through armpit-deep mud, fighting [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/haile-selassie-emperor-of-ethiopia/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/haile-selassie-emperor-of-ethiopia/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:04:19 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=4384 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Tafari Haile Selassie I (Ge’ez: , “Power of the Trinity”) (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia’s Regent from 1916 to 1930, and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. The Heir to a Dynasty that traced its origins to the 13th Century, and from there, by Tradition, back to [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/haile-selassie-emperor-of-ethiopia/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/idi-amin-vs-israel/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/idi-amin-vs-israel/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:30:34 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3830 Revealed: how Israel helped Amin to take power By Richard Dowden Sunday, 17 August 2003 When Radio Uganda announced at dawn on 25 January 1971 that Idi Amin was Uganda’s new ruler, many people suspected that Britain had a hand in the coup. However, Foreign Office papers released last year point to a different conspirator: [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/idi-amin-vs-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/richard-pierpoint/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/richard-pierpoint/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:31:03 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3906   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pierpoint Richard Pierpoint (Senegal 1744 – Canada 1838), also known as Black Dick and Captain Dick, was born about 1744 in Bondu, Senegal. When he was about sixteen he was captured and sold as a Slave. He survived the crossing of the Atlantic and was sold in New York to a British Officer named [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/richard-pierpoint/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:43:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3678 1861: Anderson Ruffin Abbott (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the medical board of Upper Canada in 1861. 1862: Washington, D.C.: Freedmen’s Hospital is established & is the only Federally-funded health care facility for Negroes in the nation. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/postcolonialism/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/postcolonialism/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:44:01 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3561 A strong argument for returning the focus of postcolonial studies to its roots as a tool for political activism among people of the third world. The Politics of Postcolonialism: Empire, Nation and Resistance Rumina Sethi   Released July 4th 2011   PB / £ 17.99 / 9780745323633 / 215mm x 135mm / 192 pp   [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/postcolonialism/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 16:58:10 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3416 Michael Healy — Cabin-Boy who sailed on the American East Indian Clipper Jumna in England in 1854. He quickly became an expert Seaman, and rose to the Rank of Officer on Merchant vessels. He became the first African-American to Command a ship of the United States Government. Michael Augustine Healy (September 22, 1839 – August [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/walter-tull-video/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/walter-tull-video/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 18:42:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3390 The inspirational story and autobiographical details about Walter Tull, a black professional footballer in the early 1900s who went on to fight in the First World War. Walter was only the second black player in football league history when he played for Tottenham Hotspur in 1909 and, later, Northampton Town. During his time in the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/walter-tull-video/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-month-why-we-still-need-it/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-month-why-we-still-need-it/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:03:04 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2679 by P Gregory: Owner Editor of the Black Presence Website. So, Black History Month 2010 is upon us, and as I sit here and take a breather after working hard to get the website to a state of readiness, I wonder how long it will be before the mud starts flying? Black History Month, is [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-month-why-we-still-need-it/feed/ 3 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walters-war-part-1/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walters-war-part-1/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:28:08 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2766 Warning: Some of this content may not be suitable for younger viewers. Brilliant Drama about Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army who was also the first black footballer to score a goal in british football. Starring the talented O-T Fagbenle and written by award winner Kwame Kwei Armah]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walters-war-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walter-tull-first-black-army-officer-video/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walter-tull-first-black-army-officer-video/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:23:37 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2763 Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was the first black officer in the British Army, and the second black player in the top division of the Football League. Also played football for spurs and Northampton town if wasnt for war he may signed for Glasgow rangers, walter tull was played [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walter-tull-first-black-army-officer-video/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:45:15 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/ Black American GIs Park Street Bristol – During World War II, originally uploaded by brizzle born and bred.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/the-archaeology-of-black-britain/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/the-archaeology-of-black-britain/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:26:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2587 “The Archaeology of Black Britain: Approaches, Methods and Possible Solutions” Case study: North African soldiers at Aballava (Burgh-by-Sands) Richard Paul Benjamin, Postgraduate Researcher University of Liverpool Alan M. Greaves, Lecturer University of Liverpool There is an on-going debate regarding the presence or otherwise of black people in Britain in antiquity. The basic problem with this [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/the-archaeology-of-black-britain/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-british-soldiers-joseph-gasford/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-british-soldiers-joseph-gasford/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:21:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2349 Far from Home; A Brief Record of the Life, Military Service and Death of Joseph Gasford; A Black Bandsman of the 89th Foot; Late of St. Domingo and Gosport, Hampshire. By John D Ellis. Joseph Gasford was born in French governed St. Domingo, (modern day Haiti and the Domincan Republic), in 1785. Whether he was [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-british-soldiers-joseph-gasford/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:57:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/ Tuskeegee Airman, originally uploaded by RickRaven. Fantastic photo of one of the Tuskeegee Airmen]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:46:16 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2113 This clip from a War Department film shows African-American soldiers being trained for combat during World War 2. The Tuskegee Airmen are seen flying fighter planes in the U.S., while other soldiers train in arctic conditions. There’s no year given, but it’s probably 1942 or 1943.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:25:30 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2105 Throughout History the role of the black soldier has been underplayed in Western Armies. Black people have fought in all the Major European Armies including those of Poland and Germany. African American troops fought in Both world Wars and subsequent conflicts. African colonial troops fought in the First World War in Europe. Look through the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:06:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/ Three French Prisonniers de Guerre / Landwehr Inftr Regt Nr 120, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. Three French Prisonniers de Guerre / Landwehr Inftr Regt Nr 120 Letter on reverse (below) with admin stamp from Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 120 and postage cancelled 8.6.1918 at an unspecified location. Three French Prisonniers de Guerre, two of whom are Senegalese [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:59:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/ Pour la France! French colonial troops killed on the Western Front, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. Pour la France! French colonial troops killed on the Western Front Nothing on reverse.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-war-in-kaffirland-article-from-1851/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-war-in-kaffirland-article-from-1851/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:07:51 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1546 London Illustrated News – June 21, 1851 We have been favoured with the following intelligence, and the accompanying sketch, by an Officer serving in Kaffirland: - Camp, Fort White, April 20th, 1851. ” As I have an opportunity of writing, which may not soon occur again, and as you no doubt wish to know how [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-war-in-kaffirland-article-from-1851/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/congo-dying-for-help-why-bother/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/congo-dying-for-help-why-bother/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:01:31 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1501 by the Right Hon. The Lord David Alton of Liverpool November 19th marked the Centenary Anniversary of the Great Congo Demonstration when , one hundred year ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Christian leaders, along with many Peers and fifty Members of Parliament assembled at the Royal Albert Hall to protest against the abuses by [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/congo-dying-for-help-why-bother/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/queen-amina-queen-of-zaria/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/queen-amina-queen-of-zaria/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:00:16 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1478 This queen of Zazzua, a province of Nigeria now known as Zaria, was born around 1533 during the reign of Sarkin (king) Zazzau Nohir. She was probably his granddaughter. Zazzua was one of a number of Hausa city-states which dominated the trans-Saharan trade after the collapse of the Songhai empire to the west. Zaria’s wealth [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/queen-amina-queen-of-zaria/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/dame-kelly-holmes-athlete/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/dame-kelly-holmes-athlete/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:18:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1481 Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE MBE (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/dame-kelly-holmes-athlete/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/francis-barber/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/francis-barber/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:10:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1347 Francis Barber was a servant and companion to the writer Samuel Johnson.? Francis Barber was born in Jamaica around 1735. He came to Britain with a planter from the island. For one year he went to school in the small village of Barton nr Darlington in Yorkshire England. Then, as he got older he entered [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/francis-barber/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/cy-grant-a-war-memoir/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/cy-grant-a-war-memoir/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:30:30 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1328 Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join the Royal air Force and was a commissioned office by 1943. He later became a Prisoner of War and later a TV personality. Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/cy-grant-a-war-memoir/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/olaudah-equiano/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/olaudah-equiano/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:44:59 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1311 Olaudah Equiano, later to be known as (Gustavus Vassa) was born in what is today, Nigeria. Kidnapped from his African village at the age of eleven, and sold to a Virginia planter. He was later bought by a British naval Officer, Captain Pascal, as a present for his cousins in London. Equiano bought his freedom [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/olaudah-equiano/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/vincent-bunting-wwii-fighter-pilot/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/vincent-bunting-wwii-fighter-pilot/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:11:04 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/vincent-bunting-wwii-fighter-pilot/ Vincent Bunting was born in Panama in June 1918 and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He became a fighter pilot and joined No 611 Squadron in December 1942. After being promoted to Warrant Officer, Bunting served with No 132 Squadron flying Spitfires. In October 1944 he was transferred to No 154 Squadron. Whilst leaded a section [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/vincent-bunting-wwii-fighter-pilot/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/test/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/test/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:42:45 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1208 The first world war 1914-1918 saw a significant number of Africans arrive in Britain to fight. The second and larger wave of Afro-Caribbean’s arrived in Britain during the course of the Second World war 1939-1945. In all, Several thousand workers migrated as volunteers fight in the RAF and other branches of the armed forces, and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/test/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/test911/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/test911/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:23:39 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1173 Not many people in Britain today are aware that during World War II, there were over 400 air crew from the Caribbean who flew with the RAF – about 70 receiving commissions, 103 decorations for distinguished service, and over a hundred who gave their lives fighting for the ‘mother country.’ Group Captain Larry Osbourne, the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/test911/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/walter-tull/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/walter-tull/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 01:09:46 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=466 Walter Tull was born in Folkestone on 28th April 1888. His father was a carpenter from Barbados who had moved to Folkestone and married a local woman. By the age of nine, Walter had lost both his parents, and when he was 10 he and his brother Edward were sent to a Methodist orphanage in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/walter-tull/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/a-tale-of-a-forgotten-people-pt1/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/a-tale-of-a-forgotten-people-pt1/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:01:12 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=799 A Tale of a Forgotten People By Vava Tampa Outside public eyes in a remote corner of Africa and literally under the world’s radar screen, a country is sinking in a river of blood! Mothers crying! Fathers and sons trading hot metals! Neighbours, in alliance with local armed groups, seething through the thick dense forest [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/a-tale-of-a-forgotten-people-pt1/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:58:33 +0000 User Contibuted Article http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=487 Walter Tull was born at 16 Allendale Street, Folkstone in April 1888. His father was a joiner from St Thomas Parish in Barbados and came to Britain in 1876. He married a local girl from Folkestone in 1880 and together they had six children. In 1897, Walter and his siblings were orphaned when first his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/john-blanke/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/john-blanke/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:17:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=400 It appears that John Blanke, an African trumpeter, was a regular musician at the courts of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Musicians’ payments were noted in the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber, who was responsible for paying the wages. There are several payments recorded to a ‘John Blanke, the blacke trumpeter‘. This [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/john-blanke/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/hitlers-forgotten-holocaust-victims/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/hitlers-forgotten-holocaust-victims/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:45:12 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=76 Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/hitlers-forgotten-holocaust-victims/feed/ 5 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-african-sea-farers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-african-sea-farers/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:16:28 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=55 Sailors from Africa, the West Indies and India have contributed to the life on board British ships during times of both peace and war]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-african-sea-farers/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1998/02/black-marine-barred-from-suing-mod/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1998/02/black-marine-barred-from-suing-mod/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 1998 22:05:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1441 A former Royal Marine who claims he suffered violent racial abuse while a member of the forces was barred by the High Court from suing the Ministry of Defence for pounds 750,000 damages yesterday. Deputy judge John Griffith Williams ruled that Mark Parchment had left it too long to bring an action after he went [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1998/02/black-marine-barred-from-suing-mod/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1997/04/soldiers-tried-to-scrub-black-trooper-white/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1997/04/soldiers-tried-to-scrub-black-trooper-white/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 1997 03:59:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1438 A black soldier was subjected to brutal racism, including physical assaults in which his room-mates tried to scrub him “clean and white”, it was alleged last night. The Army said it has received allegations from Rifleman Clive Walker of the Royal Green Jackets that he suffered racial abuse and assaults at the hands of a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1997/04/soldiers-tried-to-scrub-black-trooper-white/feed/ 0